Been slowly working my way through this. Clearly one of the worst run clubs in the country. Still a chief executive and a manager, working with a small scouting team looking at transfer targets who are all from that small British based pot. The rest seem to be agent type deals.
Just finished the Jack Rodwell episode. Pretty shocking, one sided portrayal. One clip of a comment in the gym with a team mate that felt a bit out of context (could easily be "i'll never get selected"). Yes, 2 or 3 managers can't be wrong with him not really getting any game time in his final year or so and I doubt he was busting a gut to get back in the team, but the whole "Jack Rodwell should think about the club and rip up his contract" from the failing Chief Exec was ridiculous. Sorry - nobody with such a short career is going to throw away 18 months of a contract worth over £5,000,000 to him. Yes they may have offered him a pay off, but he knows fully well that he won't get anything close to approaching that at any stage again in his career. If injuries take their tole and he has to retire in a couple of years time, that money is basically his and his families pension fund.
Clubs are happy to throw young players and old on the scrapheap when they don't meet the standard. It is very manipulative to pretend Rodwell should have had to throw away such a large sum of money. It is the clubs own fault for not inserting a clause in his contract.
